[Wikimedia-l] The value of Wikipedia for the economy

[Lodewijk]

However, those numbers are not exactly what I'm looking for. I do not want
to know what it would be worth as a company, or how much people are willing
to pay for it. But how big is the impact? How much positive value does
Wikipedia add to the world economy? I hope this number is significantly
higher than what people would be willing to donate (although it would give
a far low minimum).


2013/4/8 Anders Wennersten <mail at anderswennersten.se>

> In preparation of the strategic planning a few years ago, we at the Audi
> committee made some calculation to estimate the theoretical potential of
> donation from different perspectives, like what other NGO got.
>
> We then come to the standpoint that the potential was several times that
> of 2009-2010 donations. We have now already doubled that amount, and
> perhaps we are getting closer to the theoretical potential, but this gives
> the estimate of a potential donation of something between 50-200 MUSD. And
> the benefit must surely be a few times of the potential donations, So a
> rough estimate of benefit based on this reasoning would be in the magnitude
> of 100-500 MUSD/year
> Anders
>
>
> Andrew Gray skrev 2013-04-08 14:36:
>
>  The Economist had an estimate recently:
>>
>> http://www.economist.com/news/**finance-and-economics/**
>> 21573091-how-quantify-gains-**internet-has-brought-**
>> consumers-net-benefits<http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21573091-how-quantify-gains-internet-has-brought-consumers-net-benefits>
>> http://www.economist.com/**blogs/freeexchange/2013/03/**technology-2<http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/03/technology-2>
>>
>> - of approximately $50m "value" to readers. It's a pretty vague
>> estimate, but it's an interesting start.
>>
>> Andrew.
>>
>> On 8 April 2013 13:28, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Last weekend we had a discussion about how to 'sell' the importance of
>>> Wikipedia to economics-focused people (a.k.a. politicians etc), and the
>>> question came up on how much Wikipedia contributes to the global economy.
>>> Many people access it daily, and the information they get from that might
>>> help them to run businesses, be more efficient etc. Third world countries
>>> (and maybe even the rest of the world) might have better educated people
>>> thanks to Wikipedia, which might make better and more efficient workers,
>>> higher literacy and cheaper university educations.
>>>
>>> Has there been any scientific (or other) research on the effect Wikipedia
>>> has (or had) on the world economy, or even the economy of a specific
>>> country/region? There are some numbers what Wikipedia would be 'worth' if
>>> it were a commercial company, but that is not what I'm looking for. What
>>> is
>>> Wikipedia worth to society, the way it currently runs.
>>>
>>> Alternatively, are there similar studies to other knowledge compendiums,
>>> or
>>> even 'the internet'?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any pointers!
>>>
>>> Lodewijk
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